‘Not everything that weighs you down, is yours to carry’. Anonymous. I was a trainee General Practictioner (GP) the first time I was called a ‘worrier’. I remember feeling taken aback; is that what the term for me was? It sounded like a nice way to tell me I was anxious and anxious was definitely not a good thing. My mum was anxious. Sometimes her anxiety would overwhelm me, even as a...

Turns out that love is directly proportional to worry. Becoming a mother was a literal explosion of love and worry all entangled together li

I couldn't decide whether to write this blog as a GP or as a mum, but when I started writing I realised it had to be both.